tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post4713619888311567902..comments2024-03-28T17:24:22.634-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: TUESDAY, May 29, 2007 - Jim HyresRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3321736173581172102007-05-30T09:53:00.000-04:002007-05-30T09:53:00.000-04:00Thanks Karen, nobody in the group I was with was f...Thanks Karen, nobody in the group I was with was familiar with it, in their experience. Wasn't sure if it was 'in the language', or just a good reason to put in a 2-letter Z word ;).<BR/>I'll have one pepperoni slice, please.Howard Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00766792795622192271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25810961854211676692007-05-30T08:32:00.000-04:002007-05-30T08:32:00.000-04:00Well Linda, prescient anyway.Well Linda, prescient anyway.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06580447943505148784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81315752672541379712007-05-29T23:49:00.000-04:002007-05-29T23:49:00.000-04:00Just did the Wednesday puzzle. That's pretty amaz...Just did the Wednesday puzzle. That's pretty amazing. Must go blog it!<BR/><BR/>And I'm a genius genius...Linda Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15816794362786044423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35751241320738797502007-05-29T23:32:00.000-04:002007-05-29T23:32:00.000-04:00I agree with Jo. If you stop for a second to think...I agree with Jo. If you stop for a second to think about it, one makes sense (home in on), the other doesn't. <BR/>And to Janie and Linda G...Ha! Isn't that something!<BR/>Manchester, England England<BR/>Across the Atlantic Sea<BR/>And I'm a genius genius...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73186307083422364232007-05-29T22:19:00.000-04:002007-05-29T22:19:00.000-04:00Howard b, we always went out for ZAS back in colle...Howard b, we always went out for ZAS back in college (twenty years ago). Yeah, give me a slice of za.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34072367906490944252007-05-29T22:13:00.000-04:002007-05-29T22:13:00.000-04:00linda g -- particularly prescient!!! have you see...linda g -- particularly prescient!!! have you seen wednesday's puzzle?!<BR/><BR/>;-)<BR/><BR/>janieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48334287584486383872007-05-29T21:25:00.000-04:002007-05-29T21:25:00.000-04:00Amy Orange Fiend ReynaldoJust give us our free cop...Amy Orange Fiend Reynaldo<BR/><BR/>Just give us our free copies!DONALDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17398968047673788006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7239625468150065052007-05-29T21:08:00.001-04:002007-05-29T21:08:00.001-04:00I shall be happy to bring spiking ingredients for ...I shall be happy to bring spiking ingredients for the ACPT ADE. Seems we could all use a touch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36174275229051075112007-05-29T21:08:00.000-04:002007-05-29T21:08:00.000-04:00Ooh, Rex, look at you and your preemptive strike! ...Ooh, Rex, look at you and your preemptive strike! Just so you know, Mr. "Parker" (is that a paid plug for Parker Bros. board games?), I haven't yet gotten any review copies of Sterling books. I do tend to like their paper stock and binding better than those of St. Martin's NYT puzzle books, but St. Martin's is the company that sent me a check for writing a book for them. And I like to think I'm reasonably fair and objective—I know you'll call bullshit if you think it's warranted. But hey, when newspapers review books they've received free galleys of, do you consider the book reviews to be plugola or book reviews?Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90581209803854278742007-05-29T20:48:00.000-04:002007-05-29T20:48:00.000-04:00Rex is just fine, leave him alone! What a witches...Rex is just fine, leave him alone! What a witches brew of comments!DONALDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17398968047673788006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16618185867126346502007-05-29T20:26:00.000-04:002007-05-29T20:26:00.000-04:00Rex just seems to have been in a bad mood today. M...Rex just seems to have been in a bad mood today. Must be the prospect of having to actually do work.barrywephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04025848655112601237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15413665923081668572007-05-29T20:19:00.000-04:002007-05-29T20:19:00.000-04:00Well, before today I had never heard the expressio...Well, before today I had never heard the expression "hone in on", only "home in on". So I went to the link that Orange provided in one of her comments at this blog and I was amazed! It would seem that a whole lot of "honing in on" is going on, although it seems to be corruption of "homing in on". Still, IMOO, "hone in on" is just plain wrong. "Home" as used in this phrase refers to a designated target such as a landing site or a vulnerable spot on a prey or another person's "wavelength" etc. and "hone" just doesn't have that meaning. Apparently people have heard the original expression without really knowing what it alluded to but, having a contextual understanding of its import, used it themselves and simply mispronounced "home" as "hone". And, now "hone" is ubiquitous! The ears are winning!<BR/><BR/>Oh, enough!<BR/>Signed, JoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45344888520277888222007-05-29T20:06:00.000-04:002007-05-29T20:06:00.000-04:00Isn't it a violation of the Geneva blog convention...Isn't it a violation of the Geneva blog convention to wave a white flag then jump up and shout, "fooled ya!"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81657696276596743422007-05-29T19:51:00.000-04:002007-05-29T19:51:00.000-04:00Gee Amy, how do you know so much about PLUGOLA ......Gee Amy, how do you know so much about PLUGOLA ...?<BR/><BR/>[blog war, blog war!]Rex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77614805499413344562007-05-29T19:30:00.000-04:002007-05-29T19:30:00.000-04:00Payola and plugola both involve radio stations poc...<A HREF="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/payola" REL="nofollow">Payola</A> and <A HREF="http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=plugolas" REL="nofollow">plugola</A> both involve radio stations pocketing money or goods (e.g., free CDs or concert tickets) and airing material favorable to the payor without disclosing the tit-for-tat arrangement. As I understand it, payola is a radio station playing a song because the record label paid them to do so, whereas plugola is maybe more along the lines of talking something up (a new artist, an album, a product) because they've been paid off.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1717743783311691112007-05-29T18:41:00.000-04:002007-05-29T18:41:00.000-04:00what the hell is a plugola??!this should be a cros...what the hell is a plugola??!<BR/>this should be a crossword rule:<BR/>no puzzle that has one answer as "aahed" can try to link ola to plug. -- nunyo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9621196024822040512007-05-29T18:16:00.000-04:002007-05-29T18:16:00.000-04:00Linda G, since you asked...I attended a so-called ...Linda G, since you asked...<BR/>I attended a so-called debate between Timothy Leary and the head honcho of the Moral Majority in Washington state--ca.1980. This occurred at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. The organizer evidently thought it would make for a lively exchange, but it was just stupid. Like two 12-year-olds exchanging insults in the schoolyard. <BR/>Other than that, I can't see the name Timothy Leary without thinking of the song Manchester, England (from Hair):<BR/>...<BR/>Now that I've dropped out,<BR/>Why is life dreary dreary?<BR/>Answer my weary query,<BR/>Timothy Leary, dearie.<BR/>...<BR/>That and his ashes out in outer space. Far out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68360136016421376072007-05-29T15:53:00.000-04:002007-05-29T15:53:00.000-04:00Ohhh, IMITation. Got it. We Wisconsinites have n...Ohhh, IMITation. Got it. We Wisconsinites have never heard of imitation cheese (Velveeta?). I'll see if I can home in on some of that. Cheese and crackers (my favorite Caribbean expression), that still sounds weird to me!Eric Seljehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281291974062721183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13191748872548350112007-05-29T15:15:00.000-04:002007-05-29T15:15:00.000-04:00I wonder if an EPEE grows in Brooklyn?I wonder if an EPEE grows in Brooklyn?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-302722099509149192007-05-29T15:11:00.000-04:002007-05-29T15:11:00.000-04:00Looks like someone volunteered to bring the (spike...Looks like someone volunteered to bring the (spiked) Orangeade.<BR/><BR/>Maybe you can bring some... hmm... <B>R</B>ice ch<B>EX PAR</B>ty mix and a <B>KE</B>g of bee<B>R</B>. I dunno, that's the best I can come up with right now.Howard Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00766792795622192271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32639385546339361692007-05-29T14:30:00.000-04:002007-05-29T14:30:00.000-04:00I don't think an anoa would survive long in Brookl...I don't think an anoa would survive long in Brooklyn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73999092818662435472007-05-29T14:00:00.000-04:002007-05-29T14:00:00.000-04:00At next year's ACPT, we could serve ADE from EWERS...At next year's ACPT, we could serve ADE from EWERS at the end of our first annual ACPT Crosswordese Scavenger Hunt. I love the idea of teams of people heading out into the city to find OLEO and Stephen REA. It can't be that hard to get an <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoa" REL="nofollow">ANOA</A> into Brooklyn, can it?Rex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68660221914631739862007-05-29T13:55:00.000-04:002007-05-29T13:55:00.000-04:00I had blogged LEARY recently, so didn't feel him ...I had blogged LEARY recently, so didn't feel him worth comment today.<BR/><BR/>Welcome back from wherever it is you went, C Zar.<BR/><BR/>rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37221409109971032382007-05-29T13:54:00.000-04:002007-05-29T13:54:00.000-04:00Next year at the ACPT, we should have a party with...Next year at the ACPT, we should have a party with a punchbowl full of ade. Wait, can ade be served in a punchbowl? Or do we need ewers of ade? Either way, it had better be spiked. Can we serve sangria and call it ade?Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25695672771406776672007-05-29T13:07:00.000-04:002007-05-29T13:07:00.000-04:00I thought the theme had to do with bottoms and top...I thought the theme had to do with bottoms and top: bell bottoms chart top per. I actually had chart ____ and filled in topper only after I got bell bottoms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com